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Scientists have discovered portions of the Earth's crust sinking into the mantle beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountains ...

BOSTON - An earthquake felt in Boston, Massachusetts today was centered off York Harbor, Maine according to the United States Geological Survey. It was also felt in New Hampshire and Rhode Island ...

AND IT WAS A SURPRISE TO MANY THAT THAT NOISE AND SHAKING WAS A 3.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE. LESS THAN TEN MILES EAST OF PORTSMOUTH. IT DOESN’T USUALLY HAPPEN HERE VERY OFTEN. DO YOU THINK OF ...

and smaller earthquakes are felt roughly twice a year," USGS said. "The Boston area was damaged three times within 28 years in the middle 1700's, and New York City was damaged in 1737 and 1884." ...

BOISE, Idaho – A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported in southern Idaho on Monday morning. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was reported just after 9:30 a.m. local time about 16 ...

The largest in its recorded history was a 7.3-magnitude in 1954. Between Dec. 5 and Jan. 3, UNR’s Nevada Seismological Laboratory recorded 560 earthquakes After Parker Butte, geologists and officials ...

PARAMUS, N.J. (PIX11) — A 2.4-magnitude earthquake was recorded near Paramus, New Jersey on Friday afternoon, according to the USGS. The earthquake was recorded just after 1 p.m. at a depth of ...

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake rattled parts of New England ... magnitude 2.4 quake felt in northern New Jersey and the New York City metro area Friday afternoon, USGS seismologist Susan Hough told ...